Michel de Villers
Michel de Villers, born Michel de Villers de Montaugé on July 13, 1926, in
Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France, was a French jazz saxophonist. He began playing the
alto saxophone autodidactically and started his professional career in 1943. He
collaborated with Django Reinhardt in 1946 and accompanied him on a tour of
Switzerland that same year. In the late 1950s, he transitioned to playing the
baritone saxophone and worked with artists like Jack Diéval and André Persiany.
He resumed his musical career in the 1980s, opening a workshop with Christian
Garros and recording as a duo with guit...
These Foolish ThingsHubert Fol and Michel de Villers
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I Surrender, DearKenny Clarke and Michel de Villers
Epistrophy
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These Foolish ThingsMichel de Villers
Saxophones A Saint-Germain Des Prés
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Everything Happens to MeMichel de Villers
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Body and SoulMichel de Villers
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Smoke Gets In Your EyesMichel de Villers
